"Strange, how the best moments of our lives we scarcely notice except in looking back."

Nostalgia, Memories, Reflection, Happiness

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"Strange, how the best moments of our lives we scarcely notice except in looking back."

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"Below there are cyclists, lorries, men; it is a grey street and a grey subway;-it affects me as though it were my mother."

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